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<p>Because the 375 driver is the first driver to support OpenGL and
X on Power. (older drivers are for compute/cuda only).<br>
</p>
<p>The 375 driver has some various issues, though. A new driver is
set to drop at the end of this month.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 07/13/2017 10:57 AM, Franck
Barillaud wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:OF933B63F0.AFB54DF9-ON0025815C.005782E2-8625815C.0057A5FE@notes.na.collabserv.com"><font
size="2" face="sans-serif">nvidia-xconfig is part of the 375
driver
package but not in the 361.... Why ?</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Franck Barillaud<br>
STSM, CTO ISV Power Cloud Infrastructure<br>
Master Inventor<br>
Ext Phone: (512) 286-5242 Tie Line: 363-5242<br>
e-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fbarilla@us.ibm.com">fbarilla@us.ibm.com</a><br>
</font><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Frank Novak/Watson/IBM</font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">To:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Franck
Barillaud/Austin/IBM@IBMUS</font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">Cc:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org">linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org</a>,
"Linuxppc-users"<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:linuxppc-users-bounces+fbarilla=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org"><linuxppc-users-bounces+fbarilla=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org></a>,
Bill Buros <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wburos@us.ibm.com"><wburos@us.ibm.com></a></font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">Date:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">07/13/2017 10:38 AM</font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">Subject:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Re: [Linuxppc-users]
MapD on Power</font><br>
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<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">If I go here: </font><a
href="https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads"
moz-do-not-send="true"><font color="blue" size="2"
face="sans-serif">https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads</font></a><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">i see choices for RHEL and Ubuntu
under
ppc64le</font><br>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">matrix here of what's currently
supported:
</font><a
href="http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html#system-requirements"
moz-do-not-send="true"><font color="blue" size="2"
face="sans-serif">http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html#system-requirements</font></a><font
size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Frank <br>
<br>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
Frank Novak ( 诺帆 nuò、fān )<br>
STSM, SCEM Open Hypervisor<br>
IBM Linux Technology Center<br>
US: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fnovak@us.ibm.com">fnovak@us.ibm.com</a> ; Notes: Frank Novak/Watson/IBM
@IBMUS<br>
cell : 919-671-7966<br>
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<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Franck
Barillaud/Austin/IBM</font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">To:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Frank
Novak/Watson/IBM@IBMUS</font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">Cc:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org">linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org</a>,
"Linuxppc-users"<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:linuxppc-users-bounces+fbarilla=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org"><linuxppc-users-bounces+fbarilla=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org></a>,
Bill Buros <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wburos@us.ibm.com"><wburos@us.ibm.com></a></font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">Date:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">07/13/2017 11:29 AM</font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">Subject:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Re: [Linuxppc-users]
MapD on Power</font><br>
<hr noshade="noshade"><br>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Frank,</font><br>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">On the Nvidia download web site,
I only
see a 'Linux POWER8 RHEL', no Ubuntu version</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Franck Barillaud<br>
STSM, CTO ISV Power Cloud Infrastructure<br>
Master Inventor<br>
Ext Phone: (512) 286-5242 Tie Line: 363-5242<br>
e-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fbarilla@us.ibm.com">fbarilla@us.ibm.com</a><br>
</font><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Frank Novak/Watson/IBM</font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">To:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Franck
Barillaud/Austin/IBM@IBMUS</font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">Cc:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org">linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org</a>,
"Linuxppc-users"<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:linuxppc-users-bounces+fbarilla=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org"><linuxppc-users-bounces+fbarilla=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org></a>,
Bill Buros <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wburos@us.ibm.com"><wburos@us.ibm.com></a></font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">Date:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">07/13/2017 08:35 AM</font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">Subject:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Re: [Linuxppc-users]
MapD on Power</font><br>
<hr noshade="noshade"><br>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Ok..</font><br>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Do you have the full driver from
Nvidia
installed? </font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">This is part of the NVidia driver
package..
or at least has been...</font><br>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">FWIW Googling shows this had been
problem
in past with not getting driver from Nvidia....</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">"</font><br>
<font size="3">After trying every combination of nvidia packages
around,
I gave up and downloaded the driver from NVidia directly.<br>
<br>
One command, "./NVIDIA-Linux....run", and I was all set. </font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">"<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Frank <br>
<br>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
Frank Novak ( 诺帆 nuò、fān )<br>
STSM, SCEM Open Hypervisor<br>
IBM Linux Technology Center<br>
US: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fnovak@us.ibm.com">fnovak@us.ibm.com</a> ; Notes: Frank Novak/Watson/IBM
@IBMUS<br>
cell : 919-671-7966<br>
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<br>
<br>
<br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Franck
Barillaud/Austin/IBM</font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">To:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">"Frank Novak"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:fnovak@us.ibm.com"><fnovak@us.ibm.com></a></font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">Cc:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org">linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org</a>,
"Linuxppc-users"<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:linuxppc-users-bounces+fbarilla=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org"><linuxppc-users-bounces+fbarilla=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org></a>,
Bill Buros <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wburos@us.ibm.com"><wburos@us.ibm.com></a></font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">Date:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">07/13/2017 09:22 AM</font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">Subject:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Re: [Linuxppc-users]
MapD on Power</font><br>
<hr noshade="noshade"><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Frank,</font><br>
<br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">MapD uses an Xorg based rendering
engine
to display data in a Web browser. Without this functionality
MapD is missing
two important features (Scatter and PointMap display) </font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Franck Barillaud<br>
STSM, CTO ISV Power Cloud Infrastructure<br>
Master Inventor<br>
Ext Phone: (512) 286-5242 Tie Line: 363-5242<br>
e-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fbarilla@us.ibm.com">fbarilla@us.ibm.com</a><br>
</font><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">"Frank Novak"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:fnovak@us.ibm.com"><fnovak@us.ibm.com></a></font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">To:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Bill Buros
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wburos@us.ibm.com"><wburos@us.ibm.com></a></font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">Cc:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org">linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org</a></font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">Date:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">07/12/2017 07:42 PM</font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">Subject:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Re: [Linuxppc-users]
MapD on Power</font><br>
<font color="#5f5f5f" size="1" face="sans-serif">Sent by:
</font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">"Linuxppc-users"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:linuxppc-users-bounces+fbarilla=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org"><linuxppc-users-bounces+fbarilla=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org></a></font><br>
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<tt><font size="2">"Linuxppc-users"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:linuxppc-users-bounces+fnovak=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org"><linuxppc-users-bounces+fnovak=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org></a>
wrote on 07/12/2017 07:00:01 PM:<br>
<br>
> From: Bill Buros <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wburos@us.ibm.com"><wburos@us.ibm.com></a><br>
> To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org">linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org</a><br>
> Date: 07/12/2017 07:00 PM<br>
> Subject: Re: [Linuxppc-users] MapD on Power<br>
> Sent by: "Linuxppc-users" <linuxppc-users-bounces<br>
> +fnovak=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org><br>
> <br>
> We'll need to poke around for some answers...<br>
> <br>
> On 7/11/17 4:30 PM, Franck Barillaud wrote:<br>
> Part of the MapD configuration there is a step that
builds the /etc/<br>
> X11/xorg.conf file:<br>
> <br>
> sudo nvidia-xconfig --use-display-device=none
--enable-all-gpus --<br>
> preserve-busid <br>
> <br>
> On Power, the nvidia-xconfig command is not found ? We
have
all the<br>
> nvidia/CUDA drivers/libs installed. Where is the
'nvidia-xconfig'
<br>
> supposed to come from ?<br>
color me confused, but what does x11 and xconfig have to do w/
using GPUs
for things like MapD?<br>
<br>
> <br>
> Regards,<br>
> Franck Barillaud<br>
> STSM, CTO ISV Power Cloud Infrastructure<br>
> Master Inventor<br>
> Ext Phone: (512) 286-5242 Tie Line: 363-5242<br>
> e-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fbarilla@us.ibm.com">fbarilla@us.ibm.com</a><br>
> </font></tt><font size="2"><br>
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<br>
Cheers,<br>
Frank <br>
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